Mean Mums actor Aroha Rawson’s lifepath forever changed after falling through a skylight, leaving her with a head injury and a broken back.
Then 27 years old, the terrifying near-death experience began a lifelong healing journey into rongoā (Māori healing).
“I had the whole out-of-body experience,” recalls Aroha of the 2002 accident. “I saw myself lying on the ground and had a light to my right. I couldn’t see him, but Dad, who died when I was nearly three, was there.